Social Networking Think of the last time you were at a meeting or a social event and you made a connection with someone. In many circles you’re more likely to hear, “Are you on Facebook?” rather than being handed a business card. Social media has shifted the way we interact, the way we prepare for high school reunions and the way we market ourselves, and our businesses. “Tweet”, “tag” and “status updates” have become part of our everyday lives. Social networking is a well-organized system of various Internet servers and devices which connect people all over the world and enable them to communicate with one another and exchange data. Social networking has become the part of our life and many people can not imagine their rest and work without it. There are many websites, which connect people of the whole planet and they share their interests, hobbies, preferences, information there. More often social networking is helpful for people who try to find friends or simply find interesting data connected with their interests. There are websites for people who enjoy some particular style of music, a movie, a painter, an actor, a politician – nearly every topic and sphere of human life has become involved into social networking. Logically, social networking gives enormous opportunities for people to broaden their outlook but more often social networking becomes a problem for young people who spend most of their time in front of the PC and become addict to it.

Many people around the globe have developed addictiveness towards social networks. This means that people are always anxious to access the sites and see the unfolding events. People do not create time for other useful things because they cannot do without keenly concentrating on the social networks all the time. In fact, some people sacrifice their resting hours to concentrate on these sites . Addictiveness is also observed at work places....

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When it comes to online socialnetworking, websites are commonly used. You can meet and stay in contact with friends and family members from this day forward. Social web is a set of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web. The Social web encompasses how websites and software are designed and developed in order to support and foster social interaction. These online social interactions form the basis of much online activity including online shopping, education, gaming and socialnetworking websites. There are common networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, and the list goes on and on. Today hundreds of millions of Internet users are using thousands of social websites to stay connected with their friends, discover new ‘‘friends, ’and to share user-created content, such as photos, videos, social bookmarks, and blogs, even though mobile platform support for cell phones. There’re many positive and negative out comes when it comes to social network.
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...A Response to “Social Sites Becoming too Much of a Good Thing”
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...friend requests, seventeen notifications and two unread messages. I have had forty-five profile pictures, a little over a thousand of tagged photos, and countless statuses and likes on Facebook. That is just me, among the millions of people who have found a new world in this socialnetworking site. Indeed, having an online account nowadays can be considered a ‘necessity’.
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SocialNetworking In Business
Introduction
Socialnetworking in business is the study of individuals interacting socially for business purposes. This can be done either electronically, or not electronically. Usually when socialnetworking occurs electronically, it is achieved through network-based interfaces. Socialnetworking is primarily focused around one thing: connections. One can utilize every social network that exists (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), but unless there is some type of value being provided on that network, (some reason that others would want to connect with that person), they stand no chance of successfully using socialnetworking to make any progress from a business standpoint.
Facebook – does it help SocialNetworking?
Facebook is the most popular socialnetworking site, and most common to have an individual registered on it. Facebook is primarily popular, because it allows people to create a business or personal page for free. This can be a substantial benefit for one’s business for several reasons. For obvious reasons, being able to create a business page for free can save individuals x amount of dollars in fees required to set up a web interface. Also, Facebook is a great site to use for advertising....